Maybe in 400 chapters Koby will have caught up to Luffy, too bad One Piece is over by then.
Will have to agree. Will coby be powerful eos? Yes. But in order for Jim to be luffys rival oda is going to bullshit this very very very last minute.
It will be terrible writing based on its execution. And what's to weird was that there were so much ways for oda to make coby luffys equal without it being forced.
1. Have coby specialize in "Life return"
2. Have him master rokougun which theoretical he should know since it was stated that coby has mastered ALL rokoushiki techniques.
3. It was confirmed he has advanced observation so oda should have given him like a sonar type observation where he can pinpoint any opponents bodily weak spots and target them. Which would make more sense since coby is based on a dolphin (animals that use sonar.
4. Have him utilize future sight, soru, along with kamui-e to be an evasion specialist making up for his lack of durability by simply be hard to hit
5. Combine both rokougan along with advanced ryou to have each of his attacks to cause double the internal destruction to compensate for his lack in AP.
6. Have him utilize life return to buff all of his base states (like how luffys gear 2 and hear 4 works). Place a 5 minute time limit. Oda could even write that this was the secret 8 rokoushiki technique that coby himself developed.
7. Lastly obtained coc for the first time in this current arc right now.